Josephe

French feminine variation of Joseph, Hebrew
"Jehovah increases"

Josephe Origin and Meaning

The name Josephe is a girl's name of French origin meaning "Jehovah increases".

Josephe is much less well-known in the English-speaking world than Josephine or Joanna. English speakers might have trouble with its similarity to the male Joseph.

Famous People Named Josephe

  • (Marie Josèphe) Rose Tascher de La Pagerie
    birth name of Josephine de Beauharnais, Empress consort of Napoleon I of France
  • Anne
    Josèphe Théroigne de Méricourt, French singer, orator and Revolutionary
  • Marie
    Josèphe Yoyotte, French actress
  • Clair Josèphe Hippolyte Leris aka Le Clairon
    French actress
  • Marie Josèphe Fegue
    Cameroonian weightlifter
  • Marie
    Josèphe Jude, French pianist
  • Marie
    Joséphe Zani,Fé Touam,Bona, CAR politician
  • Victoire Armande Josèphe de Rohan
    governess of the children of King Louis XVI of France
  • Archduchess Maria Josepha "Josephe" of Austria
    Daughter of Empress Maria Theresa of Austria, sister to Queen Marie Antoinette of France

The name Josephe in Pop Culture

  • Marie
    Josèphe de la Croix, main character in "The Moon and the Sun" by Vonda N. McIntyre and film "The King's Daughter"